Dowel-pin and lift for trunks.



PATENTED APR. 26, 1904.

D. RANGNOW. DOWBL PIN AND LIFT FOB. TRUNKS.

APPLIOATIOK PILBD JAN. 13, 1904.

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, W'it 8386 v UNITED STATES Eatented April 26, 1904.

PATENT QFFICE.

OTTO RANGNOW, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

DOWEL-PIN AND LIFT- FOR TRUNKS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 758,383, dated April 26, 1904.

Application filed Jannary 13, 1904. Serial N 188,920. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, OTTO RANGNOW', a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dowel-Pins and Lifts for Trunks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in a combination dowel-pin and lift for trunks.

The object of the invention is to construct a dowel-pin which will prevent lateral movement of the trunk-lid, will freely enter the socket, and have sufiicient strength to accomplish the above objects.

A further object of my invention is to construct the socket in such a manner that the trunk will be protected from wear by the dowel pin on entering said socket; and a still further object of my invention is to provide a handle on the dowel-pin, so that the lid of the trunk may be lifted by the same, and thus avoid the necessity of having a separate handle. 1

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a trunk, showing my improved dowel-pin and lift. Figs. 2 and 3 are face views of the parts detached. Fig. 4: is a sectional view on line 4 4, Fig. 2. Fig. .5 is a sectional View on line 5 5, Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is a rear view of Fig. 3. Fig. 7 is a view of the parts as shown in Figs. 4: and 5, but showing them together and secured to the trunk; and Fig. 8 is a sectional view on line 8 8, Fig. 7.

In the drawings, A represents the body of a trunk, and B represents the lid.

C represents the dowel-pin and lift, consisting of the upper plate D and the lower plate E. The upper plate D carries the lift D and the pin D The lift D projects out from the upper plate D, as shown in the sectional -view Fig. 4, so that the fingers may grip the same and raise the lid B, to which the upper plate I) is secured.

The lower plate E is provided with an enlarged portion E, forming a socket E which the pin 1) enters. The said enlarged portion E has a recess E formed therein, which the pin D enters. The shoulder (Z on the pin rests on the bottom a of the recess E, and the The back plate F is placed between the lower plate E and the trunk-body to prevent the pin D from wearing the same. A flanged portion F upon said back plate covers the beveled edge of the trunk-body, as shown in Fig. 7, at the point where the pin would strikeand protects the same. As will be seen in Fig. 6, the back plate F is prevented from slipping out of place by the flanges Ff on the plate E. The apertures in the said plates register, so that both plates may be secured to the trunkbody by the same rivets. F also forms a substantial hack to complete the socket E This back plate may be made in one piece with the socket, if so desired.

By constructing the dowel-pin l) and the socket E as above described I am able to use a long dowel-pin, which has heretofore been impossible, due'to the factthat the dowel-pin travels through an arc of a circle when opening or closing the trunk-lid, and the point of the dowel-pin could not be made to enter or leave the socket without friction. By providing a recess in the front of the socket the point of the dowel-pin will readily enter the same, as the recess provides a clearance for it. The dowel-pin is provided with an enlarged portion or shoulder to fill said recess when connected, allowing the lower end to enter the socket proper.

By having a recess formed in the socket I am enabled to make a dowel-pin of sufficient size to fill said recess, which gives an additional strength to the dowel-pin at the point where it is connected with the plate D, carrying same, where the greatest strength is required to resist a blow and prevent breakageQ By having the handle or lift formed on the dowel-pin the cost of making and attaching a separate piece is avoided.

The lower part of the socket E The said back plate Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The combination of an upper plate, a dowelpin, said dowel-pin having its lower portion reduced in size thereby forming a shoulder on said dowel-pin, a lower plate having an enlarged portion forming a socket, said enlarged portion having a recess formed therein adapted to receive the portion of said dowel-pin above the shoulder, and the reduced portion'of said dowel-pin adapted to enter the lower portion of said socket, substantially as described.

2. The combination of an upper plate, a 

